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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN MCKENZIE, OF \VEST TROY, NEWV YORK.

BARREL-FILLER.

. JPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,708, dated August 4, 1885.

Application filed May 29, 1885.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern- Be it known that I, J HN MCKENZIE, a resident of \Vest Troy, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Fillers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in barrelfillers.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and thenpointed out in the claims.

Figure l of the drawings is a side elevation of the supply-cock. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of detachable tube, shown detached. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the part shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a vertical central section of cock and tube attached. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken at broken line 00 y in Fig. 4. Fig.

6 is a side elevation of the slide D removed from its case.

A is the supplycock, having the threaded inlet 0 and drop-valve V, hinged upon spindle H to close the outlet V. The spring S aids to close the valve.

The spindle H passes through a stuffing-box and projects from one side of the cock, the projecting end being provided with handle H and annulus with notch a, adapted to receive the projecting hook of latch J, pivoted to the cock, as shown.

The lever K, as shown in Fig. 3, is pivoted at it, and provided at one end with projecting trip S, passing through latch J, and with the projecting handle L.

XVhen the valve is lifted by handle H to the position shown in Fig. 4, the handle takes the posit-ion shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the hook of the latch enters notch n and holds the valve open, as will more fully appear hereinafter.

The outlet or spigot G is provided with two or more pins, P P, adapted to enter correspondinglysituated slots P in tube B and hold (N0 model.)

the tube securely attachedv thereon when the tube is given a partial turn to hook it upon the pins. The tube contains a smaller tube, T, adapted to receive the float F, which is suspended bylink b from the lever a. Thelever is pivoted upon case D by pin a, and is provided with a trip or detent, d, adapted to engage with the notch d in slide D. The slide is adapted to travel vertically within its case D, which is fixed to the outer wall of tube B. The slide is slotted at its lower end to straddle lever to, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and at gin its middle portion to receive the pin 6, fixed to case D. The upper part of the slide is hollow, and contains the actuating coil-spring Z, the lower end of which rests upon and is restrained by the'pin 6, while the upper end presses upon the screw Z in the end of the slide.

The tension of the spring may be adjusted by turning the screw Z farther into or out of the slide.

hen the tube B is attached to the cock, the upper end of the slide D is pressed upward by spring Z to contact with the longer arm of lever K, and tends to draw the latch J out of engagement with notch n.

WVhen it is desired to fill a barrel, the operation is as follows: The lower end of tube B is first inserted within the barrel, and the upper end then attached to the supply-cock, which brings slide 1) into engagement with lever K.

The valve, V is then opened by means of haudle H, and by an upward pressure upon handle L the slide is forced down into its case D against the foreeof spring Z until the notch d engages with detent (Z, and the hook of latch J engages with notch n, whereby the valve is held open by the latch, and the slide is held down against its actuating-spring by the detent, and the liquid flows freely through the tube into the barrel until the liquid rises sufficiently high to enter the apertures m and buoy up the float. The moment the weight of the float is overcome the force of spring Z upon the slide lifts lever a up to or toward the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the detent d slips off from notch d, and the slide is forced up against lever K with sufficient force to withdraw latch J from notch it when the valve drops to its seat and the flow of liquid is stopped. I am thus able to control the movement of the valve by means of a very small float, which leaves a larger orifice for the flow of liquid through the tube and more quickly fills the barrel.

By having the tube which contains the float detachable from the supply-cock I am able to employ tubes of any desiredlength, which is of very great importance in filling barrels with foaming liquids.

Vhen a short tube is employed, the air i carried with the flowing stream into the liquid and causes it to foam and waste by running over before the barrel is properly filled; but by employing a longer tube, the lower end of which reaches a point at or near the bottom of the barrel, this difficnlty is entirely overcome. Unless the tube is detachable it is impossible to employ a long tube, as the supplycock is fixed in position and the barrel could not be rolled under a long tube to insert it within the barrel.

In speaking of a long or short tube I do not mean relatively to the supply-cock; but a long tube is one that will reach a point at or near the bottom of the barrel when the barrel is resting upon its support in a position for filling.

I am aware that it is not new to automatically close the valve of a supply-cock by means of floats, and I do not broadly claim the same.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the supply-cock A, having outlet G, of the pivoted drop-valve V, carrying a curved back spring, S, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in a barrel-filler, with the latch J, of a lever, K, pivoted at t t, carrying a trip, S, provided with handle L, and passing through latch, as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, in a barrel-filler, with the tube 1%, of the inner tube, T, the float F, link I), the lever carrying trip (Z, the slotted slide D, carrying spring in upper part, and having notch d, the case D, the pin a in slot and the screw Z in the end of slide D, as

and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of May, 1885.

JOHN MCKENZIE. Vi tnesses:

GEO. A. Mosrnnz, (Jr-ms. L. ALDEN. 

